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The Uncommunicative Haircutting Lady

I never know what to call the person who cuts my hair. Hairdresser sounds like something my grandma would say and stylist sounds a bit too la-di-da for someone like me, whose hair has no style whatsoever. So she ends up being "The Woman Who Cuts My Hair" or "My Haircutting Lady".

Anyway, my haircutting lady is out on maternity leave, so I made an appointment with someone else at the same place. When I was a teenager, I resented the fact that haircutting ladies always tried to talk to me. But now I've come to accept it as part of the process. So it was very disappointing that this woman was entirely uncommunicative. The only exchange we had was when she said, "So, when do you finish school?"

"I just graduated, actually. From college."
"When?"
"May 4."
"So you graduated from college then?"
"Yep."
"I'm sure people have told you this before, but you don't look old enough to be graduating from college..."
(and then the clincher)
"...but that'll work out well for you when you're older."

srah - Thursday, 30 May 2002 - 8:57 AM
Tags: haircut

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